一、完形填空
One day, a(n) woman comes into my store and starts up a conversation, telling me her name is Barbara. I walk with her and nod along while she walks.
As we chat, Barbara to look at a dress, “I really like this one, but I don’t wear this type of clothes now.”
I ask, “Oh? What changes?”
Barbara smiles, “Well, as I get older, these clothes just don’t look good on me any more. Maybe it will be different for you, you’re very pretty.”
“Don’t say that, Barbara! You’re still very beautiful.”
She smiles, “Thank you, sweet girl, but it’s all right. I’ll just to what I usually wear. Clothes like this are for young people like you.”
I am always angry about it when older people believe their makes them ugly. Older women buy wrinkle(皱纹) correctors, dye(染) the white and silver out of the hair, and do everything, just to their age till they give up and say to themselves, “I’m just old and ugly now.”
I don’t see things that way. So, I her to try it on.
When Barbara comes out of the fitting room, I can’t take my off her. The dress fits her well, , perfectly. The colours bring out the warmth in her skin, and most importantly, she looks really, really happy in it. She doesn’t just like the dress; she likes the way is in that dress. She clearly feels happier and even turns in a circle to show me the dress!
Before Barbara leaves, she says to me, “Thank you so much for making me feel like 20 years old today.”
1. A. lovely B. rich C. young D. old
2. A. talks B. stops C. stands D. walks
3. A. because B. but C. so D. and
4. A. pick B. see C. choose D. keep
5. A. shirt B. past C. age D. life
6. A. cover B. respect C. care D. like
7. A. hope B. ask C. teach D. change
8. A. hands B. ears C. mouth D. eyes
9. A. at last B. in fact C. for example D. such as
10. A. she B. he C. it D. one

一、完形填空
【语篇导读】本文讲述了作者在自己的服装店里接待一名老年女性顾客所发生的故事。
1. D 提示:lovely 可爱的;rich 富有的;young 年轻的;old 年老的。根据下文“as I get older, these clothes just don't look good on me anymore”可推知,作者的店里来了一位老妇人。
2. B 提示:talk 说话;stop 停止;stand 站;walk 走。根据“As we chat”可推知,在两人闲聊时,芭芭拉突然停了下来,看着一件连衣裙。
3. A 提示:because 因为;but 但是;so 因此;and 并且。空处前后文“也许对你来说会不一样”与“你很漂亮”之间是因果关系,前果后因,用连词because。
4. D 提示:pick 挑选;see 看见;choose 选择;keep 保持。句意:我还是坚持穿我平常穿的衣服。
5. C 提示:shirt 衬衫;past 过去;age 年龄;life 生活。句意:当老年人认为他们的年龄使他们变丑时,我总是很生气。
6. A 提示:cover 掩饰;respect 尊敬;care 关心;like 喜欢。句意:上了年纪的女性会买除皱霜,把银白的头发染黑,用尽一切办法来掩饰自己的年龄,直到她们放弃并对自己说:“我现在就是又老又丑。”
7. B 提示:hope 希望;ask 要求;teach 教;change 改变。ask sb to do sth 意为“请某人做某事”,此处指作者请这位老妇人试一试这件衣服。
8. D 提示:句意:当芭芭拉从试衣间走出来时,我目不转睛地看着她。
9. B 提示:at last 最后;in fact 事实上;for example 例如;such as 例如。句意:这件连衣裙很适合她,事实上,很完美。
10. A 提示:根据上文“She doesn't just like the dress”可知,此处指老妇人自己,用she。

【分析】做完形填空时，首先需通读全文，把握文章主旨（本文讲述服装店店主接待老年顾客Barbara的故事，传递积极的年龄与美的观念）；接着逐空分析，结合上下文语境、词汇含义、逻辑关系、固定搭配等逐一筛选选项；最后验证所选答案是否符合文意，确保逻辑通顺。
【解析】
1. 根据下文Barbara提到“as I get older”可知，她是老年女性，结合选项选D（old）。
2. 两人闲聊时，Barbara停下脚步看连衣裙，stop to do sth表示停下当前动作去做另一件事，故选B（stops）。
3. 前句“对你来说会不一样”与后句“你很漂亮”是因果关系，后句表原因，用连词because，故选A。
4. 句意是“我还是保持穿平常的衣服”，keep to表示坚持、保持，符合语境，故选D（keep）。
5. 结合上下文，此处指老年人认为自己的年龄让自己变丑，故选C（age）。
6. 上了年纪的女性买除皱霜、染发等行为是为了掩饰年龄，cover有“掩饰”之意，故选A（cover）。
7. ask sb to do sth是固定搭配，意为“请某人做某事”，此处指作者请Barbara试穿连衣裙，故选B（ask）。
8. take one's eyes off是固定短语，意为“目不转睛地看”，符合语境，故选D（eyes）。
9. 句意是连衣裙很适合她，事实上非常完美，in fact表“事实上”，符合逻辑，故选B。
10. 此处指代Barbara本人，用人称代词she，故选A。
【答案】1.D 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.D 9.B 10.A
【知识点】完形填空解题、词汇辨析、逻辑关系判断
【点评】本文为贴近生活的记叙文，考查学生的阅读理解、词汇运用及逻辑分析能力，是一道典型的完形填空练习题，有助于提升学生的语篇理解能力。
【难度系数】0.6